The Core: The First Guest (Book 1 of 3) Sci-fi Action Adventure Virtual Reality
Book two starts here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/46417/the-core-the-hive-daughter-book-2-of-3
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Kevin was just a normal 10 year old kid until he saw a woman vanish right before his eyes.
This made Kevin just a little bit different. He paid more attention to people now.
Little did he know that this little difference would kill him the next time he encountered another alien about to return home. It would tear him apart, cell by cell, until he was unmade. His mind being transported away.
So distantly far away there is a race that advanced to the point where they built dyson spheres to house their civilizations. In their continual expansion, they seeded galaxies with pods and connection satellites. Over time they upgraded their dyson spheres into matryoshka brain Cores.
Imagine a computer powered by a star.
Citizens of Cores no longer age once they upload their minds into the virtual living system of the Core. While they didn’t age, most still choose to cycle through life and death though at a different scale of time compared to our lives.
Citizens can visit other planets and live there as if they were on a "vacation". Mercury is Earth’s hub connected to the closest Core and Earth is a remote vacation spot for wealthy citizens.
When the main character was 10 he witnessed a citizen returning to the Core. The story continues 10 odd years later when he again witnesses a similar situation unfolding and manages to touch the person returning to the Core. This causes him to be swept up in the transfer as well and for his mind to join as a "Guest" user of the Core.
As a Guest he has limited powers, a starting balance of zero cr or Citizen credits, and no idea how he can get home. He is the first human to ever become a Guest of a Core.
Where money itself is the highest form of their science.
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COMPLETE Stories:
✦The Core: The First Guest (The Core: Book 1 of 3)
✦The Core: The Hive Daughter (The Core: Book 2 of 3) The Core: The Hive Daughter (Book 2 of 3) | Royal Road
Stories in PROGRESS:
✦The Core: The Dark Enemy (The Core: Book 3 of 3)
PROJECTED Stories and Series:
★The Radiative Zone Series: The Girl with Powers (3 book series)
✶The Convective Zone Series: Into the Game (3 book series)
This series is a work in progress. Major editing will be done after each book is complete, so there will be typos and parts that need further explanation. Please, please feel free to point out any of these things. I will attempt to keep readers apprised of all changes and big updates.
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1. 1. The stranger at the grocery store
2. 2. Arrival at the Core
3. 3. New and old faces
4. 4. Xa the Third
5. 5. Time to explore
6. 6. Where to begin?
7. 7. Bangkok Thailand and memories
8. 8. Getting a job
9. 9. Discoveries
10. 10. What just happened?
11. 11. Cha-ching!
12. 12. Reality meet George my Alfred. Kevin meet reality.
13. 13. History of secrets
14. 14. Making Silver an Avatar
15. 15. Nightmares
16. 16. What dreams we dream
17. 17. Choices
18. 18. Loopholes
19. 19. The sister who simulates
20. 20. Knocked down
21. 21. The plastic bag girl
22. 22. The book of weapons
23. 23. The other side of the coin
24. 24. Sticky situations
25. 25. Leaving
26. 26. Lights out
27. 27. Thrown into the sun
28. 28. The Convict Games
Falling
It is often unclear when a thing comes to an end, the world itself no exception. In the event of the world ending, it was both abrupt and unnoticed, something down right confusing to most involved. Due to this confusion, we will quickly cover the short window of events that led to the destruction of the generally known universe, following the primary instigators to hopefully give the whole thing a little much needed context. ... Author’s Note: I intend to release regularly, hopefully weakly, within the planned three arcs. However, it may go on hiatus between arcs, but it should be clear that an arc has ended. Regardless, I currently plan to go on hiatus after the third arc, which is intended to be a natural breaking point. This is with the hope of not dropping off in the middle of narrative, and I am mentioning it now so no one is surprised if there are planned pauses. Content Warnings: I do not plan to include anything I would see as profanity, gore or traumatizing content. However, I do expect my bar for what qualifies is both above some people’s and below others. Therefore, I am including the Content Warnings so people are not surprised when my view is different. If you find something you do not like, I wish you luck in moving on without it farther concerning you. If I was not as extreme as you were hoping, I apologize for not meeting expectations. I have not marked sexual content, since I do not intend to include explicit sexual acts. However, sex and sexuality still exists and may come up as both an offscreen event or subject. Cover Art: The art work is by me, and I will take it down immediately at request from the artist.
8 193The Isekai
This is the story of a boy that suffered a lot in his other life, he got bullied at the highschool and his father always beat him up, cut him making him suffer, and one day he died because his father killed him. After being killed he found himself reincarnated as a baby in another world with a special mission to do. Do you think that it can get any crazier than that? Wait and see. Hello, this is the first novel that I have written. I hope you enjoy it. A friend recommended me to write this because he said that it was a good idea. Let me know how I am doing if you can. The story won't bore you. The story is: Adventure, drama, fantasy LitRpg and romance. Cover made by Harumy-kyun Deviantart. Remmember this isn't real.
8 186The Sealed Planet Chronicles
Many stories to hear, one mystery to deal. Enter the next chapter of The Sealed Planet Saga. Follow the continuing adventures of the group of unlikely adventurers in their quest to prepare against the impending invasion of the Trikelians. It follows the adventures of two different group of heroes: The first, a trio of Sel, Kilkaja, and Astha, continuing their story in search of the missing commander of the Saukari and Astha's twin brother, Sethis. Along the way, Sel and Kilkaja became even closer as they understood the plight of each other's races. The second story focused on the bizarre and extraordinary adventures of George Atmell, the human of Earth, and Domel Arcturus, the Vyrnian out of time, as they slowly find out about their enemies and the danger they posed to the whole galaxy. Along the way, they met the unlikeliest of allies that was beyond their understanding and was drawn to this Dragon of Ossogoth's plans against their Trikelians adversaries. Follow on as stories are updated and lore expanded that will either continue or explain the mystery of the Sealed Planet of Vyrn, and possibly also expand on the fantasy-themed world called Earth. The stories are written in the perspective of the characters as named on the start of the chapter. It will be told in parts, with each story being standalone in plot, but related to one another by setting and character.
8 147I Am A Hero: Sheer Heart Attack
A utopia endangered. A follow-up to I Believe I Can Fly, a new group finds themselves stranded in a new world straight into the fire. In the small festive town of Saragarhi, they are surrounded and stranded. The group must identify the enemies and hold out long enough for help to arrive, it is their best chance to survive.
8 115Covered in fur // Hybrid! BTSxReader
One by one, these beautiful animals enter your bleak and boring life-slowly adding up to a group.But they're not ordinary animals... are they?-•Chapter lengths: 1500-1900 wordsIf you're coming back to this story after a long time and are confused with the recent updates, please read the chapter "A New Beginning" Will be stated at beginning if the chapter has been editedStarted: 1April2019
8 142His Filthy Consort
The Kinkier .... The Sexier 🔞🔞🔞🔞Keisha, a 19-year-old orphan grew up having thewildest kink ever. Humiliation kink. This strange and unaccepted sexual orientation of hers was hidden by her as she served several rich and influential people with her housemaid services, and frequent nights on their beds. Her life changed when she was brought by the Queen of Raevarno, with the hope of providing an heir to the throne. Attracted to her new master, she found herself indulging in her kink. To her luck, Prince Alaric was just as she had lusted after. A sexy sadist, who can have her gut rearranged and humiliated...© 2022 Unusualdee
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